Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Fimbristylis Vahl (1805)
Vernacular Name(s):
Fimbristylis; Fringe rush
 Description

Infl. a compound or congested umbel, or a single spikelet. Spikelets several-fld, with ∞ spirally imbricating glumes; lowest 1–2 glumes empty, many or several succeeding glumes hermaphrodite and fertile; uppermost glumes male or sterile. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 1–3. Style 2–3-fid, with enlarged base distinct from the nut and caducous with the style. Nut trigonous or biconvex. Tufted annual or perennial herbs, lvs crowded at bases of culms, occ. reduced to sheaths only.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Fimbristylis Vahl
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.